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While you were sleeping: 8 April

While you were sleeping: 8 April
By John Stupart
08 Apr 2016
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All sights on Kenya 2017, piracy done and dusted, and pope sex guide out today

“Whether you have teeth or not, smile! Because our world always needs a smile!” 

– Mehmet Murat ?ldan

Story of the Day
ANC’s Operation Salvage Zuma: He ain’t heavy, he’s my president 
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe should these days have his own toll-free helpline. Anybody inside or outside the ANC who is concerned or enraged about last week’s Constitutional Court that found President Jacob Zuma had violated the Constitution has been invited to go speak to Mantashe. What you should not be doing, apparently, is publicly calling for Zuma to step down, face disciplinary action or be recalled. Opposition parties, meanwhile, should be smiling all the way to the polling booth due to the impact of the Zuma demolition derby. But it remains to be seen whether the annihilation of the ANC’s image and reputation will actually be the opposition’s gain. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY.

While you were sleeping

Daily Maverick presents Kenya special edition
In partnership with the International Crisis Group, DM is proud to present a four-part series on Kenya. Focusing on its turbulent, often violent political history, this sequence of stories provide a snapshot into what you can expect for the country’s 2017 elections.

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 Kenya: ICC decision to drop Ruto case greeted with praise and concern 
By Njeri Kimani
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 The great escape: How Kenyatta and Ruto beat the ICC 
By Simon Allison
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 Lest we forget: Journalists relive the trauma of Kenya’s post-election violence 
By Njeri Kimani

Bizos joins anti-Zuma brigade
Advocate George Bizos has joined the chorus of prominent political figures calling for President Jacob Zuma to resign. The former Rivonia Trial lawyer noted that Zuma “could not possibly have been ignorant of what was happening”. 
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Somali piracy down, but not out
New reports emerging from an American NGO have claimed piracy no longer exists as a significant threat. That said, the root causes of piracy have not disappeared either. Oceans Beyond Piracy’s John Steed noted that the use of armed private security and the ongoing naval deployments in the ocean off the Horn of Africa were keeping a firm lid on things.
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Pope to issue a guide to love and sex
In what could be the most definitive papal act yet, the Pope will on Friday publish the Church’s guidelines on love, sex and marriage. The 200-pager from the homosexual-friendly pope could provide a significant official guide to all things related to love.
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Picture of the Day

In Numbers

214,000
 
The total number of offshore entities revealed by the Panama Papers leaks this week. While not all are necessarily illegal, there are certainly some shenanigans within.

Facts of the Day

Today in 1954 a South African Airways Flight 201 de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashed into the sea. Twenty-one passengers were killed.

Fact of the day: Baby guinea pigs are born ready to go. They have a full set of teeth, hair is grown, and come out ready to eat solid food.

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Photo: President Jacob Zuma (Greg Nicolson / Daily Maverick) ANC’s Operation Salvage Zuma: He ain’t heavy, he’s my president 
By Ranjeni Munusamy
Photo: Public Protector Thuli Madonsela (Greg Nicolson / Daily Maverick) Parliament: Thuli Madonsela finally gets respect, even from the ANC 
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Photo: A member of the South African Police Service fires rubber bullets on striking community members in Zandspruit, an informal settlement west of Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 March 2016. EPA/KEVIN SUTHERLAND Beyond Khayelitsha: Just how unequal is distribution of police in South Africa? 
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Photo: A handout photograph provided by the Office of The Deputy President shows Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto (L) celebrating with his colleague shortly after the International Criminal Court (ICC) declared his case a mistrial, at his home in Nairobi, Kenya, 05 April 2016. Ruto and his co-accused, radio presenter Joshua arap Sang, were charged with crimes against humanity in connection with the post-election violence in 2007-08 that killed more than 1,000 people. Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta welcomed the court’s ruling. EPA/CHARLES KIMANI Kenya: ICC decision to drop Ruto case greeted with praise and concern 
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Photo: Then Kenya’s deputy prime minister and presidential aspirant Uhuru Kenyatta (R) and his running mate William Ruto (L) react in front of Kenyan Muslims where they were endorsed by the Association of Muslims organization of Kenya in Nairobi, Kenya, 22 February 2013. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU The great escape: How Kenyatta and Ruto beat the ICC 
By Simon Allison
Photo: Orange Democratic Movement supporters set up a burning roadblock along the streets of Eldoret, Kenya as the opposition entered the third day of countrywide protest on 18 January 2008. Police fired tear gas and bullets to disperse thousands of protesters in several Kenyan cities on the third a final day of three days of opposition rallies that reignited post-election violence. EPA Lest we forget: Journalists relive the trauma of Kenya’s post-election violence 
By Njeri Kimani
Photo: (top:) US Democratic Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders (L) and Hillary Clinton (R) talk to each other on stage prior to the start of the Democratic presidential candidates debate at Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, 13 October 2015. EPA/MIKE NELSON (bottom) A combo picture shows US Republican presidential candidates (L-R) Businessman Donald Trump, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, and Ohio Governor John Kasich, as they attend a Republican presidential candidates Town Hall event at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 29 March 2016. Voters in Wisconsin go the polls in the winner take all Wisconsin primary on 05 April. EPA/TANNEN MAURY US 2016: Candidates hang on to the roller-coaster 
By J Brooks Spector
Photo: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the chairwoman of the African Union Commission, follows proceedings during the 26th African Union Summit at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 31 January 2016. EPA/SOLAN KOLLI Illicit Financial Flows and Africa’s path to development 
By Greg Nicolson
Photo: A file picture dated 18 October 2015 of then Uefa General Secretary Gianni Infantino, reacts during the draw for the play-off matches for UEFA EURO 2016 at the UEFA Headquarters, in Nyon, Switzerland. Swiss federal police raided UEFA offices in Nyon 06 April 2016 in relation to Tv contract details leaked in the Panama Papers. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT Three questions Uefa needs to answer after Swiss police raided their HQ 
By Antoinette Muller
Photo: Then Kenya’s newly elected president Uhuru Kenyatta (R) and his running mate William Ruto (L) react as they speak in front of supporters at their campaign headquartes in Nairobi, Kenya, 09 March 2013, after defeating his main rival Raila Odinga by winning 50.03 percent of votes. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU Kenya: Development, County Governments and the Risk of 2017 Election Violence 
By International Crisis Group
Photo of Jerusalem by Cycling man. ICG: How to preserve the fragile calm at Jerusalem’s Holy Esplanade 
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Photo: Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev speaks during a news conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 24 December 2015. EPA/IGOR KOVALENKO. ICG: Tracing Political Circles in Kyrgyzstan 
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